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pr,.. Winners .. c-s.amoo-.

The Seventh Marksman's Badge Match was
shot at Creedmoor yesterday. The weather was very
hot with the sky overcast aud mild O'Clock wind
Tho attendance pretty good and the scores made
were very good. Major H. C. Brown was executive Of
hcer Following are the winners Of cash prizes and
medals In this match:
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Earned runs-ClncinnAt. 2. Two-basc hits-LathAm.
WEIGH Comiskey Double playsI.Carpenter, AePhes.
ois.son.-. Struck ent-N!oci GI King. Passed BALI
Boyle Time-ons hour and - minutes Umpire-Mr.
Curry. -
DETROIT. 10: BOSTON, II.
DETROIT, Aug. 6-The home team was de-
fested to-day BY the Bostons after stubborn
contest by this SCORE:
Detroit ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @ o. o lilo
Boston .....................O o , . o 80 1 2-ll
Base hits-Dstroit 10: Boston. 20 Errors-Detrot 8;
Boston, j Pitchers-RAdbou rne and Getzoin
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Earned runs-Chlcago Q; Now York 4 Twobsss hits
Conner, Tisrnan. Ewing rhree;base hitsaDaly. pou.
bals-ffsnsr Van Haitren, Rioha!dson Ewing DorHan.
%ol.h ward III BY pitched sarue EF o1ss
Van Hatren. s; BY WEIGH J.. Passed bans-Daiy 8;
Ewing. I. Wild ptches-Welch. !. fime-Two hours
and 50 minutes Umpire-Mr. DOeschsr.
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IndianonoIis .1'''7o. o q Is q 3 3 q q %
Philadelphia. D q o o 20
Earned Philadelphia Two base hits-roaarty:
Double plnys-BnHtinn and Farrar. Cahl Bassett and
shomberg. Passed balls Cunning, 4: Arundel q VIVID
pitohes-Healy I. Time-i:iO umpire-Powcra
PrTTsBuRaH, q; wAsH1HaToN.5.
won from the Pittsburgh Club to-day. The
contest was exciting Mccormick and Whit
ney pitched. The former was hit quite hard.
But two good hits were made of Whitney.
The latter also batted we'll. Brown made his
appearance after long lay-off but did poorly.
The score:
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Stolen bases-Griiin, Il fucker. l.; Mcclellan q No
Tsnany, 2. First base on hals.Tuetcr. pinfney, |;
Smith J. Double plsysn,Ioos, Dsnisis and TUCKER u
bsIi-Tanlsis . Umpire-Nr. Ted sullivan. Time Of
game-Two hours and ten minutcs
INDIANAPOLIS, o; PHILADELPHIA. 5.
INDIASApoLts, Aug 6.-To-lay's game be.
tween Che Tdlnnapolis and Philadelphia Clubs
was contest Of pltchors, In which the home
team cnmc out ahead. Tho Indianapolis men
obtained hut ono clean hit oil BuiIinton. ond
that was n scratch. Tho score.
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Warner and oBrien members OF the wiikesbArrs Base
Ball Club were hned by the management yesterday and
indefinitely suspended without pAy, O'BTen lined
$50 for drunk and Warner 500 for msubordinA
ton. RennSr late OF Waterbury, has signed 70 play
ne impssAis and spsE.AAs q BssSkiyA WIN play %
RidGewo6d Park this morning.
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NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.

At YonkerS-YonkerA II; jersey Blues, T.
At ACCOMPLISHMENTS ~; Atantles OF Brooklyn, d
Al stamford-fGle ToEne II; Flushing q,
At White Plains-whito PlAnA II; lnvlnciblea. 0.
At Bergen Polnt-Bergcn Point II Princeton, 3.
At the Manhattan Athletic RronndA-ManhAttAn Ath
etics ~; Etua, :?
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MaINEIN MOURNING.

Funeral OF the Late Governor Bodwell.
TNo Services in tho Capitol.
AUGUSTA Me-, Dec. 20.-Business WAS
entirely suspended this morning and the
flags we're ali at half mast. Thousauda Of
visitors arrived to attend the funeral Of
the late Governor Bodwell. es1 III
Hall hour guns were fred from the
United States arsenal all the morning. At
9o'elock the doors were opened to num-
bers Of people waiting to take last look
at tho Governors face. Many distinguish
ed people from sll over New England were
among the throns.
When the time arrived for public exer-
cises, the doo,a OF the House OF Represen.
tatives Hall were opened, and the family
and relativen admitted frat The family
sat at tho right OF the Speakers chair.
The apaco OIL the left was reserved Tor the
Governors staff and State officials.
Following theee came the legislative
committees and delegates from the various
organizations throughout the State. The
general public WAS then admitted and ais
the spn,o in the large hall was soon occu-
pied, whGe hundreds were unable To gain
admittancs.
The Rav. G. A. Hayden, Of Auburn, dc.
liverod the funaral address.
AT the cloeo OF the Eeryiceg the funeral
cortege formed and proeeedsd to Halle
we'll, whero the interment took plece this
afternoon.
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IT is very strange that the First Brant

1T is very strange that the First Branch
reinses to pass resolution requesting the
enforcement Of sn ordinance OF Council
now noto,ioualy defed. Everybody knowa
that liquor is cold on Sunday by every ga.
loon.keeper in the city who desiresto sell
and by some who cay they would rather
not sell if sll were prevented from selling.
Isis possible that tho liquor laws Of this
city ale made with the understanding that
Council joss not expsct or desire them to
be respected or enforced? And is it pos.
aible tha. ills cnly necessary to engage in
tho liquor businsss to be above the law ?
II any laws should be enforced it is those
which relate to the liaucr traffic, a danger.
ous traffic in it's best estate.
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PROTESTS AGAINST LAMAR,

Gov. Thnyer, of Nebraska, Telegrnphs an
Earnest Request for Hls Rejection.
LINCOLN, NEB., Dec. 2O.-Gor. Thayer,
to-day, sent to Mesars. Paddock and Man.
deraon, the Nebraska members Of the
United States Senate, the following tele.
gram: =
DEAR s1Rs:-As citizen of the United
States, and as Republican, I respectfully
but most earnestly protect against the
confirmation Of L. 9. Q. Lamar as a Jus.
tice OF the Supreme Court Of the United
States. he was bold and defiant adyo.
cate Of tho dissolution OF the Union in
1850 and 1851. He was at heart and in
principle just as much q traitor as JEFF
Davis. He has never recsnted his treson.
able sentiment. A man with such a rec.
ord should never be placed upon the
bench Of the Supreme Court OF the United
States by votes Of Republican Senators.
BE is not q fit psrQon to interpret the Con.
atitution OF the United States.
Very truly yours,
JOHN NJ, THAYRR,
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CIGAR MAKERsi TROUBLE.

A Strike Assiast tho renomont House 6Js,
tom Threatened ir EeY York.
NEW YoRh, Dsc. 20.-By au sEreoment
between the cigar makers and manuiac-
turers on tbe lst Of January last, the sys-
tenn OF tenement kouse eiger making was
given up sud all the vorE contracted ia
factories. The manulaoturers nov declare
that the change has not worked well, TINT
the union has not kept ito word about
working to help the aalee, and they have
determined /. 70 return 10 the system Of
giving out tobacco, to 10 made into cigars
in tenement hounes, on January ! next
The cigar makers declare that they WI
not permit return to this system that
they are backed by the Federation Of
Labor and that there will be general
strike II q return p ths tenement house
System is attempted. 5s.Fi
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ireland under tho Oo,rcIon 1,,,,

LoND,N, Dec, 20.-Whether ths aesson
OF quiet now reignlng in Ireland is due to
the Governments Irish policy, which con.
slsts chiefly in It's enforcement o; the
Crimes act, or to 6 deaire on the part of
the Irish people to remain quie. until Par
Lament meets and their leaders can conn
bat the policy OF repression in the Houaas
Of commons, % an 0pen question; but car
tam II Is that, TO all appearances. Ireland.
mas not been 90 quiet in years as now,
Nationalist will not, Of course, admit
that the operation Of the Coercion law has
made any difference In tho conduct OF the.
people Of Ireland or the policy OF the Ma
tionel League, and 1t is more than likely
that 1t has not, yet the niuisterialists con-.
tend that 1t has, and ira much elstod in
contemplation Of the change. The cons;
viction OF Mr.. Hooper, the Cork editor.
has certainly had very little effect npon:
hia brother Journalists in Ireland, who are
pledged to continue the publication 'of the
proceedings of League meetings, and the.
probabi.itiea are that the number of edi.g
tors occupying oslls in the Irish jails will :!
oe largely increased within the next two
weeks. ) - - =
The most noticeable species OF de6su,cca,t
OF tho Grimes Act has all along been the.
peraiatency Of the newspapers in iispem.
mating the details Of the msetiopa Of the
League branches, and only ia one or two
caaes where tue editor o. paper has been
Imprisoned Tor such publication has there
been even tho olightest change in tho Dol
10y oi the paper he represented or con.
duGtad. League meetinga are held rcpu.
larly, despite their proclamation, and
their Procsedinga are published with the
same disregard Of the executives prohibi-
non. The Government can imprison
editors, and does; but 1t doesn't eeem Id.
make much Roadway in suppressinp the
pracsccs for which they ara ipcarceratnd
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DISASTROUS COLLISION,


Ono Man Killed aud Ssyeral Seriously
Wounded ut Newport, AIRY.
sr. Lou,a, Dec. 20-A disastrous colliE.
Ion occurred this morning near Newport
Ark, between O aouthbound passenger
train and northbound freight oa the
Iron Mountain railroad. Tho fireman ol
the passenger train was instantly killed
and the engineer, Valentine, seriously
wounded, perhaps fatally. Roadmastel
English was eeriously injured. The bag,
gage ngster and express messenger and
ths psssengsrs were badly shaken up, but
none Of them were injured. Both logo
motives, baggage and express cars and
several freight cara are practically demol'
isked. The engineer and firenan Of the
freight train esisped by jumping.
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HERE is crumb Of comfort ior those pro.
terticnists who think there ia still room
for them in the Democratic party. It Ii
Mr.. Wstterson's Louisville Courier Journa
that speaks:
In this contest those who are not for ul
are against ua. Thore is no dlecharge in
this war We. could not turn back If We
would; the party would not turn back il
it could. The people must now decided
between the two parties; between the
principles embodied In the Presidcnt't
message and thonc expressed in Mr.
Blaines interview.
This tho square issue. Republicans &C
cent II.
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a Political TrnCedy.

="
Orsllou,, La, Dec. 2o.-A desperate
ARRAY took placs in saloon here late lsat
nightin which three men were shot, and
allprobably fatally wounded. Stephen Nc
Galley, colored, ths only eye witness of
the difficulty, who received a strsy bullet
in the region of the kid
neys, from which he is dy.
ing, in hi1 ante mortem statement
says: "Mark Blnnoer9. proprietor of tho
saloon and myself were sitting at the tropt
door Of the saloon when George Lasropee,
the town constable, came up. The two
men got into dispute, and after Lasropcs
had struck Finnberg, both men COM
menced firing, and in endeavoring to get
out OF the way, I received shot. Eight
sshots were fred. Politics was the cause
Of the troub]e.":.. f|523E7 ST. W. }55;s
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Er.secrstary Mann,nx,s Condition.

ALBANY, N. Y, Doc. eO.-The family OF
ex-Secretary Daniel Manning authorizes
this statement as to his condition: Mr..
Manning came to Albany on Tuesday last
from his New York residence to epsnd the
holidays with his Oldest son, Mr.. James
II. Manning. Mr. Manning has not had
either in Nsw York, Albany or elsewhere
any recurrence of the attack which pros.
trated him In Warrington in 1856, nor 10
any expected by his physicians. In the
nature Of the case, they gay no such re-.
cuuencs is possible. Dir. Manning IL
somewhat weaker than before making tho
journey to Albany, but his appetite re.
mains good and hia mind is as clear as at
any time in hia life. Els condition, though
eerloue, owing to the physical weakness,
is not at preEent alarming. ~
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CASHIER HOPKINS TRIAL.
A Postponoment Un,l January 10-Ad
tion to tho Banks Assets.

Postponoment Un,n January 10-Addi-
tion to tho Banks Assets.
OycINSATI, Dec. 20.-Judge Sage to.
day postponed the trial Of Benz. i. Hop.
kins, Of the late Fidelity National Bank,
until January 10, cautioning the jurors
to not converse upon the subject and to
not road newspaper statements about It.
District Attorney Burnett announced
that considerable addition 10 the assets
of the bank about to be made by the pay,
ment Of Gity per cant OF the amounts due
from Whittier, Fassler 4 Kelly, and the
Champion Machine Works, Of Spring.
field, 0. .t'5sNt
1t is understood that q suit will be
brought to set aside the appraissment
made in May last for taxation Oh tho
ground that tho bank did not at that time
own 90 much taxable property as was list.
cd for taxation. $50 ~ 9Ey,5
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THE pRoHIBITIOS LEADER
Relieves Himself Of tho Usual Tira,
10 "A against tho Repu blIenna

Relieves Himself Of tho usual TRADE
Against tho Repu blienns.
New YORK, Dec. 2O.-E1-Govenor st.
John, speaking in q meeting Of Prohlbi.
tioniStu here tonight, promised bis ad.
dress by the statement that though he
never claimed to bs a statesman he did
not regard himself a natural born fool
He soughtto arraigu the two great parties
40 dishonest or incompetent. He
gave temperance statistics and then
turned 10 the subject of the
tariff. He said there was duty
on foreign goods, but the scum of for.
eiSn lahor entorad ireo. The blacksmith'e
sledge.hsmmer paid duty, hut tho arm
that wields 1t comes in without tariff,
He deplored the fac! that drunken buns
and tramps may vote because men, while
our wives and mothers are denied the
privilege because women" He closed by
saying the Prohibition party had killed
the Republicans, but the latter had died
without iapus. -sss..l
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Mr.. Gladstono'. plnlu Language.

LONDON, Dec. 2O-Mr. Gladstone, writ.
ing to a friend, says that nothing would
please him better than thst tae TorIea
should retTrn g ins position in which
lhey appeared to be two years ago, and BY
granting autonomy, bring about Gu indiE.
ho!uble union Of Ireland and Great Brit.
Gin. "hnt II they leave the decision in
the hands Of tho Liberals = ho added
I'VE will overcome, not ior tie irst, or the
tventient time, BY constitutional means
their resistencs. - ~ 1'1.,, I335lIsII
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Pcnalons to West virElninns,
'tal Dlspaich 10 The Lnttlligencr.

eptetdl Dspdleh 10 me lnttlltCenctr. ,.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 2O.-The lol
lowing West VirRiuians have been grant
cd penaions: Original-Jane, widow Of
ysmes T. K. Fish, Cameron; Vincent D.
Rice, Point Pleasant; BENJAMIN q. Hil.
dreth, Wallace; Jonathan i. Davis, Man.
nington; Andrew Gould, Henderson
Charles 8. Simmons, French Greek; Eph.
raim Il. stricklan, Charleston; Charles II.
Byers, Conway. '.W ,art al
Incroase-Lswis Il. Overbaugh, Hart.
lord City; Columbus Shrewsbury, Clifton
Simeon Paine, Hamlin; James McCune,
Lett Hand; james NJ. Stuck, Whites
Greek: John W. Casa, Clendennia; Amos
Dyke, Clifton. 1Gi7
Mexican war ar-S1athew Weser, Tyner
rhomsa Tnrner, kearneysville; Solomon
Perkins, Beaver Mills.
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FRENCH NHWS.
The First Nickel aud silver colnure-s,ra,,

Ahe flrst Nickel aud sitvor Coinnge-sarahs
Bernhartits Son to bo Married.
PARIS, Doc. 20.-Ths first issue Of nickel
and silver coinage in Trance will appear
shortly, amounting to 100000 francs. N
The banna Of matrimony were today
published betwoen Maurice Bsrnhardt,l
son OF the actress, and Princess Virginia:
Clotilde Jablono owaki, great grand .daugh-7
ter Of Luclen Bonsparte. The wedding
VIII be celebrated ut midnight in the
Church Of st. Honore, Eglau. =. 97fa'3
A monument to Edmund About was
unveiled to-day in Cemetery Pere La
Chaise. NJ. Ferry was present. This was
bis first appearance in public since che /.
assault upon him. 7z's7- q =" = = 1T
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Major Camps Work.

Still the interest in tho temperance
work is growing. The people bravsd the
weather last night to hear Major Cau.p
and others epeak for the cause of temper.
ance. After singing and prayer by Rev.
R. F. Randolph, Mr. Patrick Welsh came
forward and gave some telling points. Mr..
William Hastings gave short address to
workingmen. Mr.. ]. NJ. Dowler spoke for
a short time. Major Camp gave short
but forcible talk. His work is accom-.
plishing good reeulta. -,
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TO-DAY the County Commissioners are
TO mso. with Judge Cochran and Mr.,
Lynch 10 further discuss the bridge mat.
ter. Itis much to be hoped that the little
hitch may bo unhitched. Ohio county
will profit by the bridge and should not
lightly let slip what seems to be good
opportunity to got 1t. 1t may be that a
better understanding will remove all the
seeming obstacles. The people arc very
much in earnest about the bridge and re.
gard the proposition as in the main lair
and liberal. q.
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KANSAS WEATHER,
Great Sutroring Feared on Account Of IL
.-~- r.rf'f pcnrcitv nf Final q .Hr W.

Great Sutroring Feared on Account Of tho
q! scarcity of Fuel.
WICHITA, nam, Dec. 2o.-snow com-
,,nenesd falling here yousorday morning,
and has come down Htesdily ever since.
Later In the'dsy blizzard set in from the
north and has hourly increased in vim
lence. Advices are to the effect that the
blizzard is general over the west, and that
ithas caught the country without an sde-
auate supply Of coal. IT is known that
the railroad companies have from eo1ne
caused failed to supply the demand on the
plains There is great fexr that much
suffering and distress will result from this
sudden change OF weather, as 1t is certain
that ont:re. districts arc almost entirely
without fuel, iA'. "a. IT'S q = y y
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FREEDOM IN SIGHT.
Tho Emancipation Movement iu Draxll-Ef
y feet on tho Coireo Trade,

Tho Emancipation Movom ont Ia Draxll-Ef
| = = fect on tho Coffee Trade.
NEW YoHr, Dec. 20.-The following has
been received from Rio Janeiro, under
date Of November To-: This week planters
owning $500 olSvea met In San Paulo, TO-
solved to free all their slaves at an early
date md decided 10 convene a meeting in
December Of all tho San paulo planters to
agree on a general emancipation Of all the
slaves In the provinces not later than the
end Of 1880. .. ,l.5 2
1t 10 more than probable that tho pro.
posed result will be attained, as Brazilans
are very susceptible to impulses ol On.
thuslam, aud now religion, as we'll aa
humanitarianiam, is arrayed here against
slavery. =
Il is, however, q matter ofvery general
belief In Brazil, especially among the
slave owners, that the extinction OF slavery
will inevitably, in the course Of few
years, bring about the dethronement Of
king Coffee" as the great staple OF Brazil,
1t being considered impracticable to carry
on coffee planting without slave labor or
it's equivalent-coolie labor. In fact, there
are few articles oil agricultural production
that can bear the enormous cost Of trans.
port In this country, and therefore the
growth Of coffee, one Of those few, is not
likely to be abandoned.
The government has informed the
United States Legation that further ex-
tension OF time for the laying OF the cable
from the United States to Brazil has been
conceded to the Dom Pedro II. Telegraph
Company.
In regard to patents consult OF the
Counael Of State has jus. been published,
settling that applications for the Brazilian
confirmation OF foreign patents must be
filed within seven months after the date
Of the original issue Of the patent.
Five years ago three American ladies
arrived a. Rio almost without dollar and
frlendless, mother and two daughters of
II and 20. A Scotch doctor lent them a
small house In the mountsinB, three houre
walk from Rio, and they obtained few
pupils. Their little school throve and
they were encouraged to remove to Rio.
Success continued to attend their under.
taking, and, despite their being Protest
ants-no light disadvantage in country
wherein Protestsuts are currently STYLED
and looked upon ss "pagans''-their sound
American saytem OF education and careful
oversight Of habits and manners became
go highly appreciated by Brazilian parents
that they heve just leased large man
sion at $500 year to enable them to
meet tho demand on them for pupil
boarders belonging to the best iamilies OF
Rio. This is what three American women
have done, virtually unaidsd, and they
have made the name otAmerican women
highly respected here. Z &. i..e ga
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THE silGERS' TROUBLES.
Trying to Enforco the Columbus SGnlo-A
ssf' fects Six Thousand Mon,-E l1

Trying to Enforce the Columbus SGnlo-Af-
fccts six Thousand Men,
Plr1sDuRau, Pa, Dec. 20.-Ths Rail-
road Cosl Operatora' Association met here
to-day and nsh6ed the officials Of the
Miners Assopistion that pnless the men
working at the old rates come opt for the
Columbus scale, the operators now paying
the Ave per cent advance will Oloae down
their mines. The master workman OF the
miners was present and promised that II
two or three days. time was given the men
at scott's, Biglow's and the Pennsylvania
Goal Company's mines would strike, un.
less tho cdyance was given them. The
railroad operators ip this district employ
over 6 600 minera. M
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NEw YosE, Dec. 2O.-The executive
committee cl the Rated Service Pension
Association have tsared call for con.
vention Of VETERANS Of The late war, TO be
held in this city in Marah next, to con.
alder means for forwarding tue projs oct ior
securing the passage Of bill by Congress
giving to every volunteer soldier OF the
late war a pension, at the rate OF one
cent per month for each day Of bis
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Blnine Sentiment III tho Dsnnrtmsnt,

WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 2O.-The Bal.
timore S1n, (Dem.) says: "The Blaine
crszs has struck tho departments hard.
The Republican clerks are quietly en-.
rolling themselves in Blaine clubs, An
active canvass is being made in the Treas.
ury Department for Blaine men, and se
faat as found they are enrolled as actiye
membsre Of some one Of the clubs. There
have been quite number OF charges OF
offensive partieanship preferred against
Republican employees in tho departments
recently. When such charges are made,
investigations are at oacs ordered, BIZ.
they result, as rule, in 8 report that the
the charges are unfounded."
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Several Whesling society people are
talking OF going to Charleston to attend
the leap year party to be given at the
Hotel Ruffner January 4, for which Kra.
mer's orchestra will furnish the muaic.
Kramer has alec been engaged to play
for the holiday hop to be girea by the
Bachelor club Of Stenteny!lle on the 2sth
inst. Several Wheeling people have been
invited 10 attend that event. s.,
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New YoRr, Dec. 2O.-The Brooklyn po-
lice Yesterday arrested Michael McNichols
on charge OF having murdered Nathan.
iel Cummings. Cummings visited !h5
McNichols house laat Friday night, aud in
a drunken row which eneued the host
knocked his Qusndam friend down and
stamped on him, trac.urins h;s skull.
Cummings dad in tho hoHpltll yesterday.